Tuesday, November 30, 2010

As a service, we are providing a link for those of you looking for the Arkansas High School football playoff brackets for 2010 (updated with Week 3 results). So, here is the link to the official Arkansas Activities Association pdf of the bracket.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

On Wednesday, we picked the outcome of the 18 playoff games that were played last night. This morning, we are looking back to find out how well we did. Here are the results from Arkansas High School football on Friday, November 27, 2010. Our correct picks are blue and the misses are red.

7A

Har-Ber (20) @ Bentonville (49)

Fayetteville (24) @ Fort Smith Southside (21)

6A

Texarkana (42) @ Pine Bluff (28)

Lake Hamilton (20) @ El Dorado (21)

5A

Greenwood (38) @ Batesville (13)

Camden Fairview (34) @ Watson Chapel (21)

4A

Mena (22) @ Pulaski Robinson (50)

Ashdown (0) @ Pulaski Academy (38)

Nashville (10) @ Shiloh Christian (48)

Pottsville (12) @ Star City (41)

3A

West Fork (27) @ Glen Rose (7)

Rison (6) @ Harding Academy (35)

Fountain Lake (44) @ Mansfield (21)

Harrisburg (28) @ Rivercrest (44)

2A

Bearden (21) @ Bigelow (14)

Danville (35) @ Mineral Springs (14)

Carlisle (20) @ Magazine (41)

Magnet Cove (28) @ Spring Hill (21)

Not a bad week (14/18). The championship games are set for 5A, 6A, and 7A. The other classes will fight for War Memorial on Friday. We hope your Thanksgiving was a great one.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

We figure that this weekend is the confluence of three great American traditions: Thanksgiving, Football, and Shopping. We are extremely thankful that we (in all likelihood) will not be shopping. Here are our picks for playoffs this week (our pick is bold underline).

7A

Har-Ber @ Bentonville
Fayetteville @ Fort Smith Southside

We think the best game in the state will be played in Bentonville. The Tigers have been the best team all year and we don't see that changing. The Rebels will take care of the Purple Bulldogs to get into the state title game.

6A

Texarkana @ Pine Bluff
Lake Hamilton @ El Dorado

This Friday looks like any other 6A South conference Friday. The teams finished 1-4 for a reason, so we picked the higher seeds. It looks to us like it will be Zebras versus Wildcats in War Memorial stadium.

5A

Greenwood@ Batesville
Camden Fairview @ Watson Chapel

We see Watson Chapel and Greenwood moving on. [sarcasm] We are sure that surprises everyone in the state [/sarcasm].

As sad as it makes, it looks like Mena's resurgence ends this Friday. They will back next year. The PA Bruins get Ashdown at home this time (and it wasn't close on the road). The Nashville/Shiloh Christian should be very entertaining. I am sure there are Scrapper fans/players that still don't know how they lost this game last year.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Based on our search traffic, it is pretty obvious that some are looking for the Arkansas High School football playoff brackets for 2010. So, here is the link to the official Arkansas Activities Association pdf of the bracket.

Saturday, November 20, 2010

On Thursday, we picked the outcome of the 36 playoff games that were played last night. This morning, we look back and find that we correctly selected the winner of 29 out of the 36 games (80.5%) If you take away 2A and 3A because we told you we didn't know much about those classification, our record is even better (18/20 or 90%). Here are the results from Arkansas High School football on Friday, November 20, 2010. Our correct picks are blue and the misses are red.

7A

Fayetteville (34) @ West Memphis (20)

Bryant (7) @ Bentonville (38)

Har-Ber (37) @ Conway (27)

Cabot (7) @ Fort Smith Southside (28)

Officially, the state championship is held in Little Rock two weeks from now. However, most folks in NW Arkansas think that the Bentonville Tigers hosting the Har-Ber Wildcats next Friday will decide the title.

6A

Jacksonville (6) @ Pine Bluff (30)

Van Buren (21) @ El Dorado (48)

Lake Hamilton (63) @ Marion (48)Texarkana (21) @ Jonesboro (13)

We correctly identified the strength in the south, but underestimated Texarkana. The semi-final match-ups will be outstanding.

5A

Monticello (7) @ Batesville (27)

Alma (21) @ Camden Fairview (28)

Little Rock Mills (14) @ Greenwood (20)

Greenbriar (24) @ Watson Chapel (47)

A 4 out of 4 performance in 5A. There were no surprises for us except that the Greenwood Bulldogs were in a game in the 4th quarter. Greenwood will once again be practicing on Thanksgiving (has happened every year but 2009 under Rick Jones).

4A

Pulaski Robinson (14) @ Booneville (9)

Ashdown (27) @ Clinton (19)

Nashville (65) @ Gosnell (27)

Valley View (14) @ Pottsville (18)

Ozark (27) @ Pulaski Academy (43)

Mena (31) @ Dumas (28)

McGehee (7) @ Shiloh Christian (58)

Trumann (21) @ Star City (39)

A perfect prediction week in 4A helped out by Mena's upset over Dumas. The real contenders dominated. That means, don't let that PA - Ozark score fool you. It was never a close game.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

It is extremely hard for us to believe that the 2010 high school football season in Arkansas has reached its second week of playoffs. It seems like just yesterday that we were apologizing for our delinquency in posting the results of the Shootout of the South, but that wasn't yesterday. That post was July 16. Here it is in November and we are back to discuss the home stretch of the season.

Here are our picks for playoffs this week (our pick is bold underline).

Ashdown finishes off the 2-4A giving the PA Bruins another home game in the 3rd round. Look for some big offensive numbers out of the heavyweights (PA, Shiloh, and Nashville). We think Booneville's perfect run comes to an end. [The Mena pick was made with the heart not the head.]